Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- July 2022

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the July 2022 Federal Grand Jury A. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned…

Biden DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Texas’ Efforts To Secure The Border: REPORT

Biden DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Texas’ Efforts To Secure The Border: REPORT Jennie Taer on July 7, 2022 The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border…

Lawmakers Move To Speed Up Taiwanese Arms Transfers

Lawmakers Move To Speed Up Taiwanese Arms Transfers Micaela Burrow on July 7, 2022 An act that allows the U.S. to temporarily supply Taiwan with weapons using its own stores and speedup…

Wisconsin Supreme Court: No, You Can’t Use A Transgender Name Change To Duck Sex Offender Registry

Wisconsin Supreme Court: No, You Can’t Use A Transgender Name Change To Duck Sex Offender Registry Laurel Duggan on July 7, 2022 The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s ban…

Education Groups Sue Biden Administration For Composing Partisan Education Council

Education Groups Sue Biden Administration For Composing Partisan Education Council Reagan Reese on July 7, 2022 Several education groups are suing the Department of Education (DOE) for composing a “partisan” council of…

Clay County Convicted Felon Arrested On Federal Drug And Firearm Charges

Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Shawntae Jamell Clark (41, Clay County) with possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more…

Hampton Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Loan Fraud While in BOP Halfway House

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Hampton man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for falsely applying for loans intended to grant COVID-19 relief to small businesses. According to court documents,…

The Justice Department announced today that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, 46, was sentenced to serve 252 months in prison with credit for time served for depriving George Floyd Jr. and…

Three Men Federally Indicted for Insider Trading, Securities Fraud

MINNEAPOLIS – Three men have been indicted for their roles in an insider trading conspiracy involving a medical device company’s nonpublic business acquisition deal. According to court documents, beginning in January 2018…

KC Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime in Attempted Murder of Teen

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court today to committing a hate crime by shooting a local teenager eight times in an attempted murder that was…

Weirton Medical Center, a hospital located in Weirton, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the…

West Virginia Hospital to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Allegations Concerning Impermissible Financial Relationships with Referring Physicians

WHEELING – Weirton Medical Center, a hospital located in Weirton, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or…

Bridgeport Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that…

A federal grand jury in Brooklyn returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging five defendants, including one current federal law enforcement officer and one retired federal law enforcement officer, with various crimes pertaining…

Man Who Possessed Methamphetamine and Firearms Sentenced to Federal Prison

A man who possessed over fifteen grams of methamphetamine was sentenced July 6, 2022, to more than five years in federal prison. Kevin Kautman, age 37, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison…

Former Maine Woman Sentenced to 48 Months for Stealing Over $500,000 from New Hampshire Company

CONCORD – Jessica Pechtel, 35, now of Andover, Massachusetts and formerly of Springvale, Maine, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison today for embezzling over…

Money Transfer Company Ping Pleads Guilty to Failure to Combat Money Laundering

A Texas company that transferred millions of dollars from the U.S. to Africa has admitted that it failed to adequately guard against money laundering, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas…

Five Individuals Indicted for Crimes Related to Transnational Repression Scheme to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China Residing in the United States

Yesterday, a grand jury returned an indictment in federal court in Brooklyn charging five defendants with various crimes pertaining to a transnational repression scheme orchestrated on behalf of the government of the…

U.S. Attorney Makes Supervisory Appointments

United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery today announced several supervisory appointments within the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “I am fortunate to lead an office with a long roster of extremely talented individuals who…

U.S. Attorney’s Office Reminds Communities Regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and Outdoor Dining Areas

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As part of continuing COVID-19 pandemic mitigation strategies, many cities and other local municipalities have allowed restaurants to create or expand outdoor dining spaces, onto streets, sidewalks, and parking…

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